Gems

"Gem" redirects here. For the item, see Gem of True Sight.

An item with an Ethereal Gem, Prismatic Gem, Inscribed Gem, and an empty socket.

Gems are items that can be placed into sockets to alter or enhance a cosmetic item.

Acquiring Gems

Gems can be acquired by:

• Opening a Treasure and acquiring a bundle with gems installed on it. When the bundle is unpacked the gems will be moved to a randomly selected output wearable. Spectator gems will be moved to all output wearables.
• Opening a Locked Gemstone Cache.
• Extracting them from an item that comes with Gems (using Artificer's Hammer and Unusual Artificer's Hammer).

Gem Types

Gem Type	Quality Granted	Hero-specific	Explanation
Ethereal Gem	Unusual	No	These gems give the item an Unusual particle effect. They are only effective on Unusual couriers. Take care when hammering your unusual couriers.
Prismatic Gem	-	No	These gems alter the color of an existing Unusual particle effect on the item.
Kinetic Gem	-	Yes	These gems add or modify one or more new animations to the hero equipping the item. They are hero-specific.
Inscribed Gem	Inscribed	Yes/No	These gems gives the item the ability to track in-game stats. Adding an Inscribed Gem changes the item's Quality to Inscribed.
Spectator Gem	-	No	These gems allow the item to track the number of games viewed in a certain league, tournament, or played by a certain team.
Ascendant Gem	Ascendant	No	These gems are memorial items that tracked victories or gifts given during the Beta. Adding them to an item will display this record in the item's description.
Autograph Rune	Autographed	No	Autograph Runes contain digital signatures from professional players or community members. They are regarded as gems and can be placed into sockets. Adding them to an item will display the signature in the item's description.

Miscellaneous/Individual Gems

Gem	Quality Granted	Hero-specific	Explanation
Foulfell Shard	Corrupted	No	This gems tracks the number of Demons Imprisoned, and gives an item Corrupted quality. It was released for Frostivus 2013.
Dreamer's Gem	-	No	This gem comes with the ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 1 ticket. It tracks following abilities: Dream Coil, , Echo Stomp, Song of the Siren.
Dormant 2014 Compendium Gem	-	No	Once the dust has settled and the new champions have emerged, this gem will awaken alongside an emoticon to show off your support of The International and the competitors by displaying your Compendium level. It will increase in prestige as your Compendium does.
Victory Prediction Gem	-	No	This gem tracks the number of consecutive victories predicted by using the Assured Victory Shout in-game. A missed prediction will cause the gem's counter to reset. High numbers of recorded consecutive victories will earn the player trophies in the Gallery of Triumphs.

Socketing

The socketing screen. This Unusual courier is socketed with an Ethereal Gem and a Prismatic Gem.

Gems can be placed in cosmetic items that have sockets. Most items can have a maximum of nine sockets. Sockets can be viewed and modified inside the Armory by right-clicking an item.

Socket Types

Socket Type	Gems Held	Creating Socket
Rare	Ethereal Gem Prismatic Gem	Unusual couriers will always have one or two rare sockets. Some Arcana items will always have one rare socket. Padda'pon of Ribbi'tar has one rare socket. Use a Master Artificer's Hammer to remove a gem, leaving an empty general socket and destroying the item in the process.
Common	All Other Gems	Use an Artificer's Chisel to create an empty socket. Use an Artificer's Hammer to remove a gem, leaving an empty common socket.

Removal and Replacement

Inserting a gem into a socket that already contains another gem will destroy the existing one. General gems can be extracted with an Artificer's Hammer, and Ethereal and Prismatic gems with a Master Artificer's Hammer. Using a Master Artificer's Hammer on an Unusual courier/Arcana will destroy the courier/arcana.

Tools

Tool	Explanation	Availability
Artificer's Chisel	A magical chisel used to add sockets to items. This chisel creates general sockets.	Purchase   Drop   Unbox   Craft
Artificer's Hammer	A powerful enchanted hammer used to extract gems that have been socketed into items. This hammer cannot be used on unusual couriers.	Purchase   Drop   Unbox   Craft
Master Artificer's Hammer	A powerful enchanted hammer used to extract gems that have been socketed into unusual couriers or Arcanas which come with prismatic gems. This item will destroy the courier or the arcana it is used on.	Purchase   Drop   Unbox   Craft

Gem Packs

Main Article: Gem Pack

Gem Packs are bundles that were given out on November 14, 2013 to replace Strange Modifiers and Unusual Paints. They contain a gem with the corresponding effect, as well as an Artificer's Chisel to create a socket.

Quality Changes

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Gems will change the Quality of an item. In the event of a conflict with an item's existing quality, a priority is followed. Higher priority qualities take precedence.

Example 1: Socketing an Inscribed item with an Autograph Rune will change the item's quality to Autographed.
Example 2: Socketing a Genuine item with an Autograph Rune will not change the item's quality.

Quality	Priority
Genuine, Elder, Self-Made, Exalted, Heroic, Auspicious, Frozen, Cursed, Infused, Legacy, Favored	1
Unusual	2
Corrupted	3
Autographed	4
Ascendant	5
Inscribed	6
Normal	-

Gems Gems Ascendant Gem Autograph Rune Ethereal Gem Inscribed Gem Kinetic Gem Prismatic Gem Spectator Gem Tools Artificer's Chisel Artificer's Hammer Master Artificer's Hammer Miscellaneous Runes Rune of the Magus Cypher Rune of Abscession Rune of the Bladeform Legacy Rune of the Duelist Indomitable Rune of the Foreseer's Contract Rune of Wolf Training Commendation Effigy Commendation Gem Team Showcase Commendation Gem The International 2014 Dormant 2014 Compendium Gem Copper 2014 Compendium Gem Bronze 2014 Compendium Gem Silver 2014 Compendium Gem Gold 2014 Compendium Gem Platinum 2014 Compendium Gem Diamond 2014 Compendium Gem Others Gem Pack Artificer's Brand Foulfell Shard Mastery Gem Dreamer's Gem

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